“There is nothing like reading your own police file to make you wonder who you really are,” Katherine Verdery reflects in her true-life, anthropological whodunit. "My Life as a Spy" describes Verdery’s ethnographic fieldwork in... Read More

Adolescent Josh is not fond of his life in Sugar Creek, Illinois, a small town where not much happens. When he learns that his mother has been seeing his ex-stepfather again despite an order of no contact, things get worse. But then an... Read More

Macy’s blunt story is a harrowing, heartbreaking tour de force. NoNieqa Ramos’s The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary turns the spotlight on Macy Cashmere, a high school girl who lives in the margins of society. Noncompliant and proudly... Read More

This installment of the Jack Hollister series features thrilling elements and clever spycraft that should have universal appeal. America declared its freedom but now needs to fight to stay free in a surprisingly small-scale historical... Read More

A fantasy-filled tale of courage and redemption, revenge and remorse, Alane Adams’s "The Raven God" captivates. Armed with nothing but his wits, his magic, and a temperamental pocket-sized ship, Sam Baron finds himself once again in... Read More

A fresh and exciting story of love and conservation, the novel boasts a fascinating heroine. James Conroy’s "The Coyote Hunter of Aquidneck Island" is a charming tale, set within a small, idyllic New England enclave. Retired federal... Read More

This enlightening history volume shows how the Bible shaped the founders’ consciousness. Daniel L. Dreisbach’s "Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers" focuses on the Bible’s significant influence on colonial America and its... Read More

With literary finesse, the novel leaps through its wild moments with ease. Erica Abeel’s bright and brainy "Wild Girls" follows three friends from their 1950s days at “prestigious but offbeat” Foxleigh College, through the decades... Read More